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Occupation
  
Actress

Years active
  
1968–2002


Name
  
Charmian May

Role
  
Actress

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Born
  
16 June 1937 (
1937-06-16
)

Died
  
October 24, 2002, Purbrook, United Kingdom

Movies and TV shows
  
Bridget Jones's Diary, Weirdsister College, You're Only Young Twice, Britannia Hospital, Follow You - Follow Me

Similar People
  
Sharon Maguire, Lindsay Anderson, Roger Lambert

Charmian May (16 June 1937 – 24 October 2002) was an English actress best known for her television and film roles, she appeared in sitcom's The Good Life, Keeping Up Appearances and 'film 'Bridget Jones's Diary.

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She also appeared in The Worst Witch as Miss Pentangle, in Weirdsister College as Prof. Alicia Thunderblast, and she was Miss Milton in the Yorkshire Television series, You're Only Young Twice. She also toured in the 1970s in a production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, playing a very formidable Lady Bracknell.

Credited roles

Among her many roles in a career of nearly thirty years were:

  • Miss Milton in four series (all episodes) of You're Only Young Twice
  • Celia Brabazon in The Dawning
  • Mrs Weaver in two episodes of The Good Life
  • Mrs Councillor Nugent in three episodes of Keeping Up Appearances
  • Mrs Darcy in Bridget Jones's Diary
  • Miss Chalcott (Social Services Health Visitor) in Miss Jones and Son
  • Lady Runcorn in Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "The Double Clue"
  • Death

    She died of cancer in Purbrook, Hampshire on 24 October 2002 aged 65.

    References

    Charmian May Wikipedia